South African cricketer of the year, Hashim Amla has been shortlisted amongst four nominees to win the coveted ICC Cricketer of the Year Award to be held in Bangaluru, India, on October 6.The other nominees for the Sir Garfield Sobers Cricket of the Year trophy are the India duo of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag and England’s Graeme Swann.
Amla meanwhile has been a benchmark of consistency over the last 14 months, scoring 923 runs an average of 65.92 in nine Tests against England, India and West Indies. His match-winning 253 not out against India in the first test in Nagpur on February 7, 2010 was also the 7th highest by a South African as well as the highest by a South African against India. His exploits have subsequently earned him a nomination for Test Player of the Year where he is up against Proteas fast bowler Dale Steyn, Tendulkar and Sehwag.
AB de Villiers who recently rocketed to the top of the ODI batting rankings has been nominated for the ODI cricketer of the year award alongside Tendulkar, Ryan Harris and Shane Watson of Australia.
Another Protea, Ryan McLaren has been nominated for the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year following his and South Africa's first ever five-wicket haul at the T20 World Cup in Barbados.
The nominees:
Cricketer of the Year: Hashim Amla (SA), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Graeme Swann (Eng), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind).
Test Player of the Year: Hashim Amla (SA), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Dale Steyn (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind).
ODI Player of the Year: AB de Villiers (SA), Ryan Harris (Aus), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Shane Watson (Aus).
Emerging Player: Umar Akmal (Pak), Steven Finn (Eng), Angelo Matthews (SL), Tim Paine (Aus).
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Ryan McLaren (SA), Michael Hussey (Aus), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Brendon McCullum (NZ).
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